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Publio Libnay <•'
VOL. 12 NO. 77
ELGIN. ILL., SATURDAY, MARCH 29,1884.
PRICE 3 CENTS
It is now complete for £the Spring
i ti^de. Our new line of
from an Hemp, Ingrain and Brussels to' the
now s j popular velvet, Axminster and Moquette.
As it is our determination to induce you to buy
HERB, we offer them at greatly reduced
prices. We guarantee not to oe undersold.
Please call in and examine our New Spring Stock.
No trouble to show them.
Most Respectfully,
C. J.
-A.T
IN" ; ■
dress goods, la.0es, buttons, embroideries,
j neck wear, linen collars. etc.
f • ' • ■
in the latest novelties and shades at bottom
prices. A pleasure' at all times to show goods.
the old reliable
BAKERY & GROCERY
is the place to trade.
%
royalty in mourning
PRINCE LEOPOLD OF ENGLAND DEAD*
The Sad -Event Occurs Suddenly •!
Cannes—Grief of the Queen—British ,;f
Troops Returning from the Soudan
—Rumored Fall of Khartoum*
d. R. JENCKS & SON,
• • o • '■
REPRESENT TH1 .
OLDEST, LARGEST and, BEST
OF TJEliSjrVVORIjD'S
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Agents of the "EQUITABLE LIFE" Assurance Go.
OUR MOTTO.—Hone3t Settlements, Prompt Payments
queen victoria's favorite son.
•London, March 28.—Prince Leopold
Duke of Albanyr fourth and youngest son
of Queen Victoria, died suddenly at two
o'clock a. m., at Cannes. Tlie Prince was
born April 7, 1853. He was married to
Princess Helena of Waldeck, April 27,1882.
The offspring of the uniofi is one girl, Alice
Mary Yictoria, born February 25, 1883.
When the Queen received the news of the
Duke of Albany's death she was profoundly
affected. The Prince died in a fit, as he
\vas on the point of starting for Darmstadt
to attend the wedding of his niece, the
Princess Victoria, .of Hesse. The Prince
Wales was visiting the Earl of
Sefton, and received the news on the
Aintree liace Course. He returned at once
to London. The horses Spectrum and Col-
iunder were weighed for tlie race, but the
Diike of Montrose and Sir George Cliet-
wynd refused to run them. Marlborough
House is besieged with people calling to ex-
press their condolence. Surprise at me
j-iuiden death of the Duke of Albany lis
greatly heightened by the fact that he had
attended the Bachelors' bail at Nice lalt
Tuesday night, and. was looking in iiife
health. The DuclieSs of Albany is at
Claremont Hotel.
Sl aivIM, March 28.—Tlie Tenth Hussani,
the York and Lancaster Regiment and tlie
Irish Fusileers have eniburked for liome.
The sheikhs of the Samarar, Danilet and
I loorah tribes, who represented 5,000 people
living between Suakim and Kassala, have
coine in and have promised to assist in the
captiire of Osinau Digina, whose prestige
has been destroyed. .
London, .March 28.—The Standard's
correspondent at Cairo telegraphs that ru-
mors, are prevalent there that Khartoum
-has fallen. It is impossible to confirm or
contradict the wild rumors current The
official world, both civil and military, is
waiting in anxious suspense news from
Gordon.
„ London, March 28;—The Government
shipped by the steamer Grecian, leaving
Glasgow for Boston on March 22, 270 emi-
grants, taken from the work-house of
Swineford, County Mayo, Ireland.
The Manchester Quarrtian asserts' that
negotiations are pending between England
and America, with a1 view of adding °to the
extradition treaty a clause which shall
cover the authors of the dynamite outrages.
The jury rendered a. verdict in favor of
Lady Colin Campbell in the suit against her
husband for divorce. Her husband is the
youngest son of the Duke of Argyll.
Vienna, March 28.—The Tagblatt pub-
lishes a dispatch from Warsaw saying that
General Gourko, Governor-General, recent-
ly convened the principal Polish officials
and gave notice that the Czar meant there
shall be an energetic " Russification " of
Poland. General Gourko gave instructions
for the formation of a Russian literary so-
ciety and the establishment of a national
Russian theater at Warsaw. The society
is granted a subvention of 50,000 roubles
yearly by. the Russian Government
Fargo, D. T., March 28.—It turns put
that Ohmer is not in fhe hands of the Indi-
ans, and no ransom is demanded for Ms
safe return, but he is in charge of Turtle
-Mountain half-breeds, who believe he is Jo-
terfering with their landed rights, and are
therefore endeavoring to frighten him into
leaving their country. Last November he
went one hundred and seventy-five miles
northwest of Devil's Lake, and there dis-
covered valuable mineral land. He went
'East, secured scrip, and covered the Same.
Soon after January 1 he sent mining ma1
chines into the country and followed, in
company with Messrs.' Eaton and Clements,'
of Washington, and a Government survey-
or. For four weeks nothing had been heard
from the party until the capture was re-
ported. i:
A Fatal Blow at "the Pool.
Chicago, March 28.—East-bound rates
received a blow Thursday trom •which they
will iiot soon recover, if'ever. If the pool
does not go to pieces in short order when
once the effect of Thursday's stroke is made
apparent it will not be the fault of the dis-
organizes. A shipment of 600,000 bushels
Of grain was peddled about the railroad of-
fices making something better than a fifteen-
cent rate. The "Nickel-Plate" weakened,
and took it at twelve and one-half cents,
and Commissioner. Finic wfil be called on
at once to reduce accordingly. Truly east-
bound freight traffic- is in bad shape, and
shows no signs of getting better. . ;
I,ong-I>i8tance Telephoning,
Boston, March §s.—The American Bell
Telephone Company. made a thoroughly
successful trial Thursday morning of its
through line to New York. The line is
built of small copper wire designed for this
express use. and forms what" is called a
complete circuit. ordinary Blake trans-
mitter was employed, and the "articulation
was as clear as in short-distance telephon-
ing. The line is to be opened for public
business.
A Bill which Should Pass.
Albany, N. Y..' March 28.—In the State
Senate Mr. Gilbert introduced a bill pro-
hibiting the sale or exhibition of indecent
publications devoted to criminal and police
news and criminal deeds tending to corrupt
lie morals of youth. The offense is made
i misdemeanor. A petition has been pre-
sented from the New York Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children in favor
>f the bill and in favor of the prohibition of
;he sale of dime novels.
Fatally Shot Through a Partition.
St. Paul, Minn., -March 2S.—While
tordon Clarke, aged eighteen, son of Silas
W. Clarke, a well-known citizen of St
Paul, was playing billiards in Feise's Hall
Fhurday a ball fro in a rifle in a shooting
ra'Iery next door, penetrated the partition
uul struck Clarke in the breast, passing
through. the heart! He died in a few inin-
ates. The shot was' fired-by a man named
Crantz, who has since disappeared.
Returning to New York the Magnate
Gives an Account oflsffis Trip—The Vast
Improvement In the Condition of the
Southern States.
New York, March 2&—Jay Gould,who,
with his family, has been for the past month
cruising in Southern waters in his yacht;'
Atalauta, arrived here Thursday. He was
seen in the evening at his home, and looked
much improved in health.
"How far did you go, Mr® Gould?"
"We went as far as Havana, where we
spent a week. Mattere in Cuba are simply
^eplorable. That country is taxed to tfte
verge of ruin. "The planters are all failing.
There is no confidence among the mercan-
tile classes. ° Unless the Spanish. Govern-
ment does something for the relief of the
people, absolute ruin is pending there.
There is quite a.large party there in favor
of annexation to the United States.
" The condition of tlie Southern States
luis vastly improved in all respects, partic-
ularly the State.of Florida. Florida is full
of Northern men, and Northern capital au4
"enterprise are working out astonishing re-
sults. Why, 'while we were there Fer-
nandina" was.so lull that you could not get
Ciena cot at a hotel,"and all through the
State there are numbers pfe Northern "men.
The orange product .of the State is assum-
ing large proportions, and also the lumber
product. There is very fine lumber in that
State, and the extension of the railway sys-
tem enables them 40 get it to seaports for
shipment to tjie North. •
••The railroad system is being rapidly ex-
:ended,'but what is needed, 1 think, all
alont: the Southern coast,, even as far as
Galveston,, ii Government aid as . far as it
can be. extended to deepen tlie harbors.
Their commerce is- large and increasing, but
.their harbors are shallow. I think' that the
United Slates Government could wisely
spend some of its surplus in this direction."-
"llow as to manufactures throughout the
South'"' »
" "They are increasing beyond all prece*
dent. Cotton manufactories arePbeing es-
tablished in all directions, and in Florida1
manufactories of furniture, etc., are-numer-
ous.." _ . ; j ■ • |
"How as to the crops?"
"So far as I could learn there will be an'
increased acreage for all descriptions and
products. If the floods have injured they
have also helped. The overflow has irri-
gated the land on the banks of the rivers,
and the results of the floods will be, I think,
•an increased crop rather than a diminished
ona"
Ask your Husband,
Ask vour Wife,
Ask your Brother. Ask vour Sister
Ask vour Neighbor.
and thev will tell vou that "W". E. IBos-
*yv"o:r"Ua. has the best line of Carpets in
town.
Ask Anyone Who Knows
and thev will sav that "W- El. 'Bos-
Worth's is the best place to buv Car-
pets. -O
Consult Your Interest. . Consult Your Best Friends.
CONSULT US
and we will all sav call on W. E. Bosworth for
; THE
Effect of Its
WHISKY BILL.
Defeat on
urers.
the Manufact
■ Louisville, Ky., March 28.—The whiskj
»en, although disappoiat«d at
of Congress in JtHQsr toe Wiicsy eia
day, oiuiiu. likt" <«• «a£eac rrau- ass
pected, and saay M» tmay ivr ia»
ency. The fw wfl! te .
whisky of 1880. but all other stock" upotf
which the tax is not due will bo expor
as quickly as possible. It is uude:
stood that the gieater portion of l!-»ej
ported goods will be sent .to Hai..ir$
u ia bettaved a European market ca
<be readily found for the bulk of it. .'iom
of the goods will be sent to the Bermuda
and the Bahamas, whereat is expcc;e:i-an®
pie warehouse acconiniodations can b>
tained. It- is probable that no Kciiuic
goods will be sent to Canada, for the reaso:
that a respectable market can not be foum
for it there.
Millwaukee, Wis., March 28.—Ti
failure of the Bonded-Whisky bill has a dfr
rect influence on many men and houses-ill
this city. Hon. John Black, one of thft
most wealthy wholesale men in the North- r
west, will be obliged to pay fhe Government
about §100,000. Mr. Black has worked
hard i for the success of the bill,
but he accepts the situation gracefully.
The house of Bosworth & Son will
contribute about $20,000 to the National
Treasury. Mr. B. B. Hopkins, the head of
the firm, says that, on the whole, the result
of the defeat of the bill may prove a benefit
rather than an injury to the, whisky inter-
ests. Had the bill passed, lie says, the
manufacture pud storiug of whisky would
have continued. There must come a break
some time. As it now is there will be.a
pressure to sell, therewill.be less whisky
manufactured for a timer stocks will be de-
creased, and the Jbusiness , will get a more
healthy tone.
National (iuard Association.
Cincinnati, March 28.—The National
Guard Association met Thursday. A com-
mittee of five was appointed to go to Waste
ington and watch the Militia Appropriation
bill that is now before Congress. Eac6
company in every State is to be taxed one
dollar to defray tlie expenses of the commit-
tee. Strait's bill, as amended by-thellouSq,
of Representatives, was. adopted as tlie
sense of the convention. JSlocuin's bill, in-
troduced into the House*, a few days ago,
for the promotion of United States militia,
was warmly'discussed and indorsed. It
was resolved to hold the next meeting at
Nashville, Tenn., January S, 1885. The
following officers for the ensuing year were
elected: General G. W. Wingate, New
York,. President; General G. T. «Beaure-
gard, Louisiana, Vice-President; General
E. B. Eindley, Ohio, Second Vice-President;
General W. L. Alexander, Iowa, Record-
ing-Secretary: Colonel Charles Bridge,'
New York, Corresponding Secretary; Gen-.
eral S. A. Sheplwrd, California, Treasurer;
Charles Bridge, R: B. Martin and William
V. Jacobs, Executive Committee.
Kid Gloves at W. C. Weld's.
Lisle Thread Gloves at W. C. Weld's
Silk Gloves at W. C. Weld's.
Taffeta Gloves at W. C. Weld's.
Laces at W. C. Weld's.
Embroideries at W. C. Weld's.
Hosiery at W. C. Weld's. .
Muslin Underwear at W. C. Weld's.
i Ribbons at W. G. Weld's.
Plushes and Satteens at w. c. Weld's.
.Buttons at W. 0. Weld's.
I Seine Twine at W. C. Weld's. .
Childrens' Dresses at W. C. Weld's.
A Mysteri'ous Case.
Philadelphia, March 28.—The headless
body of a man, sewed up In a coffee-bag,
was found Thursday morning lodged against
tlie stones forming a dam opposite an old
paper-infli on the Wissahickon Creek. The
legs had also been severed from' tlie body,
The body presented every indication of hav-
ing been in the water but a few d:iys. Both
hands were rough and discolored as if with
dve, showing. that deceased was a hard-
working man. The physician expressed the
opinion that the cutting had" not been done"
with a knife, but with an ax or saw. The
corpse had been divested of all clothing, and
the mouth of the bag was securely tied
with a clothes-line.
An Express Robber in the Toils.
Boston, March 28.—Theodore A. Perry,
alias AI Little, was arrested here Thersd iy
charged with the robbery of SI,77! from the
Missouri Pacific Express Company in a car
on tiie Wabash, St.. Louis & Pacific Railro ul
at Rodan, Ind., Sept. 27.
You cannot afford to pass W. C. Weld's
Store, No. 42 Chicago Street.
AEIN & 00.
Stiff
<<
P.
PRICE
Hats, • - $ .75
" -, - 1.00
" -r1 .' - O ' . 2.50
3.00
3.50
.75
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00.
" " , - • - • 3.50
In Neckwear for Gents we have a very
large line. We can suit everyone. Call and ex-
purchasing
Soft Hats.
before
amine our goods and prices
elsewhere. Yours,
W. D AKIN
&C0.
"THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST."
A
Will outlast a dozen cheap ones,
And'costs butjlittle'more than a fraud. We make our own goods, and
Gt-XJARANTEE SA-TISF^OTIOISr.
Pease call examine our stock of Engravings, Pastt>t>
V Paintings, Brackets, Easels, Etc.
IIE33SrH."5r LiAUFER,
\
Successor to H. F. Julius.
3d DOOR EAST OP BRIDGE,
ELGIN
1

Publio Libnay i8tance Telephoning,
Boston, March §s.—The American Bell
Telephone Company. made a thoroughly
successful trial Thursday morning of its
through line to New York. The line is
built of small copper wire designed for this
express use. and forms what" is called a
complete circuit. ordinary Blake trans-
mitter was employed, and the "articulation
was as clear as in short-distance telephon-
ing. The line is to be opened for public
business.
A Bill which Should Pass.
Albany, N. Y..' March 28.—In the State
Senate Mr. Gilbert introduced a bill pro-
hibiting the sale or exhibition of indecent
publications devoted to criminal and police
news and criminal deeds tending to corrupt
lie morals of youth. The offense is made
i misdemeanor. A petition has been pre-
sented from the New York Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children in favor
>f the bill and in favor of the prohibition of
;he sale of dime novels.
Fatally Shot Through a Partition.
St. Paul, Minn., -March 2S.—While
tordon Clarke, aged eighteen, son of Silas
W. Clarke, a well-known citizen of St
Paul, was playing billiards in Feise's Hall
Fhurday a ball fro in a rifle in a shooting
ra'Iery next door, penetrated the partition
uul struck Clarke in the breast, passing
through. the heart! He died in a few inin-
ates. The shot was' fired-by a man named
Crantz, who has since disappeared.
Returning to New York the Magnate
Gives an Account oflsffis Trip—The Vast
Improvement In the Condition of the
Southern States.
New York, March 2&—Jay Gould,who,
with his family, has been for the past month
cruising in Southern waters in his yacht;'
Atalauta, arrived here Thursday. He was
seen in the evening at his home, and looked
much improved in health.
"How far did you go, Mr® Gould?"
"We went as far as Havana, where we
spent a week. Mattere in Cuba are simply
^eplorable. That country is taxed to tfte
verge of ruin. "The planters are all failing.
There is no confidence among the mercan-
tile classes. ° Unless the Spanish. Govern-
ment does something for the relief of the
people, absolute ruin is pending there.
There is quite a.large party there in favor
of annexation to the United States.
" The condition of tlie Southern States
luis vastly improved in all respects, partic-
ularly the State.of Florida. Florida is full
of Northern men, and Northern capital au4
"enterprise are working out astonishing re-
sults. Why, 'while we were there Fer-
nandina" was.so lull that you could not get
Ciena cot at a hotel,"and all through the
State there are numbers pfe Northern "men.
The orange product .of the State is assum-
ing large proportions, and also the lumber
product. There is very fine lumber in that
State, and the extension of the railway sys-
tem enables them 40 get it to seaports for
shipment to tjie North. •
••The railroad system is being rapidly ex-
:ended,'but what is needed, 1 think, all
alont: the Southern coast,, even as far as
Galveston,, ii Government aid as . far as it
can be. extended to deepen tlie harbors.
Their commerce is- large and increasing, but
.their harbors are shallow. I think' that the
United Slates Government could wisely
spend some of its surplus in this direction."-
"llow as to manufactures throughout the
South'"' »
" "They are increasing beyond all prece*
dent. Cotton manufactories arePbeing es-
tablished in all directions, and in Florida1
manufactories of furniture, etc., are-numer-
ous.." _ . ; j ■ • |
"How as to the crops?"
"So far as I could learn there will be an'
increased acreage for all descriptions and
products. If the floods have injured they
have also helped. The overflow has irri-
gated the land on the banks of the rivers,
and the results of the floods will be, I think,
•an increased crop rather than a diminished
ona"
Ask your Husband,
Ask vour Wife,
Ask your Brother. Ask vour Sister
Ask vour Neighbor.
and thev will tell vou that "W". E. IBos-
*yv"o:r"Ua. has the best line of Carpets in
town.
Ask Anyone Who Knows
and thev will sav that "W- El. 'Bos-
Worth's is the best place to buv Car-
pets. -O
Consult Your Interest. . Consult Your Best Friends.
CONSULT US
and we will all sav call on W. E. Bosworth for
; THE
Effect of Its
WHISKY BILL.
Defeat on
urers.
the Manufact
■ Louisville, Ky., March 28.—The whiskj
»en, although disappoiat«d at
of Congress in JtHQsr toe Wiicsy eia
day, oiuiiu. likt"
tained. It- is probable that no Kciiuic
goods will be sent to Canada, for the reaso:
that a respectable market can not be foum
for it there.
Millwaukee, Wis., March 28.—Ti
failure of the Bonded-Whisky bill has a dfr
rect influence on many men and houses-ill
this city. Hon. John Black, one of thft
most wealthy wholesale men in the North- r
west, will be obliged to pay fhe Government
about §100,000. Mr. Black has worked
hard i for the success of the bill,
but he accepts the situation gracefully.
The house of Bosworth & Son will
contribute about $20,000 to the National
Treasury. Mr. B. B. Hopkins, the head of
the firm, says that, on the whole, the result
of the defeat of the bill may prove a benefit
rather than an injury to the, whisky inter-
ests. Had the bill passed, lie says, the
manufacture pud storiug of whisky would
have continued. There must come a break
some time. As it now is there will be.a
pressure to sell, therewill.be less whisky
manufactured for a timer stocks will be de-
creased, and the Jbusiness , will get a more
healthy tone.
National (iuard Association.
Cincinnati, March 28.—The National
Guard Association met Thursday. A com-
mittee of five was appointed to go to Waste
ington and watch the Militia Appropriation
bill that is now before Congress. Eac6
company in every State is to be taxed one
dollar to defray tlie expenses of the commit-
tee. Strait's bill, as amended by-thellouSq,
of Representatives, was. adopted as tlie
sense of the convention. JSlocuin's bill, in-
troduced into the House*, a few days ago,
for the promotion of United States militia,
was warmly'discussed and indorsed. It
was resolved to hold the next meeting at
Nashville, Tenn., January S, 1885. The
following officers for the ensuing year were
elected: General G. W. Wingate, New
York,. President; General G. T. «Beaure-
gard, Louisiana, Vice-President; General
E. B. Eindley, Ohio, Second Vice-President;
General W. L. Alexander, Iowa, Record-
ing-Secretary: Colonel Charles Bridge,'
New York, Corresponding Secretary; Gen-.
eral S. A. Sheplwrd, California, Treasurer;
Charles Bridge, R: B. Martin and William
V. Jacobs, Executive Committee.
Kid Gloves at W. C. Weld's.
Lisle Thread Gloves at W. C. Weld's
Silk Gloves at W. C. Weld's.
Taffeta Gloves at W. C. Weld's.
Laces at W. C. Weld's.
Embroideries at W. C. Weld's.
Hosiery at W. C. Weld's. .
Muslin Underwear at W. C. Weld's.
i Ribbons at W. G. Weld's.
Plushes and Satteens at w. c. Weld's.
.Buttons at W. 0. Weld's.
I Seine Twine at W. C. Weld's. .
Childrens' Dresses at W. C. Weld's.
A Mysteri'ous Case.
Philadelphia, March 28.—The headless
body of a man, sewed up In a coffee-bag,
was found Thursday morning lodged against
tlie stones forming a dam opposite an old
paper-infli on the Wissahickon Creek. The
legs had also been severed from' tlie body,
The body presented every indication of hav-
ing been in the water but a few d:iys. Both
hands were rough and discolored as if with
dve, showing. that deceased was a hard-
working man. The physician expressed the
opinion that the cutting had" not been done"
with a knife, but with an ax or saw. The
corpse had been divested of all clothing, and
the mouth of the bag was securely tied
with a clothes-line.
An Express Robber in the Toils.
Boston, March 28.—Theodore A. Perry,
alias AI Little, was arrested here Thersd iy
charged with the robbery of SI,77! from the
Missouri Pacific Express Company in a car
on tiie Wabash, St.. Louis & Pacific Railro ul
at Rodan, Ind., Sept. 27.
You cannot afford to pass W. C. Weld's
Store, No. 42 Chicago Street.
AEIN & 00.
Stiff
<<
P.
PRICE
Hats, • - $ .75
" -, - 1.00
" -r1 .' - O ' . 2.50
3.00
3.50
.75
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00.
" " , - • - • 3.50
In Neckwear for Gents we have a very
large line. We can suit everyone. Call and ex-
purchasing
Soft Hats.
before
amine our goods and prices
elsewhere. Yours,
W. D AKIN
&C0.
"THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST."
A
Will outlast a dozen cheap ones,
And'costs butjlittle'more than a fraud. We make our own goods, and
Gt-XJARANTEE SA-TISF^OTIOISr.
Pease call examine our stock of Engravings, Pastt>t>
V Paintings, Brackets, Easels, Etc.
IIE33SrH."5r LiAUFER,
\
Successor to H. F. Julius.
3d DOOR EAST OP BRIDGE,
ELGIN
1